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num
The number 10^(10100) or 10^( text )googol, ten to the power of a googol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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num
A countable number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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num
An infinitesimally small portion of land, defined for legal purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, nonstandard, rare
Topics: business, real-estate
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noun
a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cardinal number, cardinal
History
From googol + -plex, coined by American mathematician Milton Sirotta in 1920 who was then the young nephew of mathematician Edward Kasner. First published and defined in the book Mathematics and the Imagination (1940).
Across languages
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